Examples of carving in a Sentence
She bought a small wooden carving of a Buddha.
an ancient people proficient in stone carving
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Take a look → Mysterious wooden train car — almost 100 years old — unearthed in Belgium, photos show
The carvings were identified as a series of Roman numerals, the museum said.
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Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 12 Apr. 2024
Immediately in front of the carvings, previous archaeologists discovered the charred human remains of nearly 50 individuals, which Griffin hypothesizes could have been the result of a Neolithic-era human sacrifice ritual perhaps tied to the eclipse.
—Leah Sarnoff, ABC News, 6 Apr. 2024
Were groves of palm trees decimated to create systems for rolling the giant stone carvings from quarry to coastline, where most of them have sat for many hundreds of years?
—Daniel Lewis, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Mar. 2024
Read Next Divers remove ancient Roman cargo from shipwreck — and find unique carvings.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 12 Apr. 2024
But they are now interpreted as relating to the footprints following recent field surveys aided by drones, which uncovered previously unseen carvings.
—Jacopo Prisco, CNN, 11 Apr. 2024
Stone carvings of salamanders, snakes, turtles, and other local animals are strategically placed in the pathways, and there’s even a dipping pool under a giant ceiba tree just off the main corridor.
—Jacqui Gifford, Travel + Leisure, 9 Apr. 2024
The Farmhouse Restaurant at Fair Oaks Farms A special Easter brunch buffet, with multiple sittings, features French toast, a carving station with prime rib, ham, Atlantic salmon and omelets.
—The Indianapolis Star, 27 Mar. 2024
Signs of breakage and subsequent carving indicate some broken tools were recycled—whittled and polished into smaller implements.
—Byandrew Curry, science.org, 1 Apr. 2024
Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 12 Apr. 2024
Immediately in front of the carvings, previous archaeologists discovered the charred human remains of nearly 50 individuals, which Griffin hypothesizes could have been the result of a Neolithic-era human sacrifice ritual perhaps tied to the eclipse.
—Leah Sarnoff, ABC News, 6 Apr. 2024
Were groves of palm trees decimated to create systems for rolling the giant stone carvings from quarry to coastline, where most of them have sat for many hundreds of years?
—Daniel Lewis, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Mar. 2024
Read Next Divers remove ancient Roman cargo from shipwreck — and find unique carvings.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 12 Apr. 2024
But they are now interpreted as relating to the footprints following recent field surveys aided by drones, which uncovered previously unseen carvings.
—Jacopo Prisco, CNN, 11 Apr. 2024
Stone carvings of salamanders, snakes, turtles, and other local animals are strategically placed in the pathways, and there’s even a dipping pool under a giant ceiba tree just off the main corridor.
—Jacqui Gifford, Travel + Leisure, 9 Apr. 2024
The Farmhouse Restaurant at Fair Oaks Farms A special Easter brunch buffet, with multiple sittings, features French toast, a carving station with prime rib, ham, Atlantic salmon and omelets.
—The Indianapolis Star, 27 Mar. 2024
Signs of breakage and subsequent carving indicate some broken tools were recycled—whittled and polished into smaller implements.
—Byandrew Curry, science.org, 1 Apr. 2024
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“Carving.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/carving. Accessed 3 May. 2024.
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carving
noun
carv·ing
ˈkär-viŋ 
1
: the act or art of a person who carves
2
: a carved object, design, or figure
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